It was the summer of the bicycles around here

Friends

In earlier posts, I’ve mentioned how much the kids have enjoyed their bikes this summer, and bragged about the 10-mile bike ride we took. 

The quality of this little video isn’t the highest, but I think it does a good job of capturing the fun that both Daniel and Rachel have when they’re out riding. 

Daniel has been into “Stunts” for a while now, and so you get to see him ride around with his feet on the steering wheel, etc.  Rachel’s tricks are less elaborate, but she’s having a great time being “Lightening McQueen” and racing around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you might imagine, it’s also been the summer of scrapes and bruises.

Bikes are ridden to school, to the store, to the playground.  We need to get or build some ramps for next summer, but I think the season is just about over now.

Oh, and that 10-mile ride?  Completely obliterated by our 17.2-mile trip to downtown Denver on Sunday.  It’s mostly flat, with a gentle downhill slope -losing 470 feet of total elevation going from here to Confluence park, and a fairly easy ride along good paths.  Daniel got a flat tire about 0.7 miles from REI, but was able to get there, and we had them fix him up with a thorn-resistant innertube while we ate lunch. Great attitude and listening, and a fun outing for all.  We took the light rail back home, though.

That’ll have to do for the bike update.  Now for a more general “what’s new around here” posting.

 

Love, ADRE.